These are some of the pictures I used for my 3 mad-lib projects, representing the theme "magical". Although I did use a few paint brush tools that I downloaded from brusheezy for my 3 pieces.
My first mad-lib project is going to have floating manta rays, using a bubble above the ground connected by electric wires in a field of power-lines. I got this inspiration from my own passion of marine life, and wanted to make something extraordinary in a unique style
So, what I did first was I got a picture of a barren landscape and made a brush out of it. Next I found a sky and made a messy version brush of a it which made it act like oil paint by using the "Vivid Light" option... I did this for both the background, road that I cut out later for a brush as well as the actual land. I had trouble finding good powerlines so I got rid of the first one and found a picture on brusheezy and then used the "linear burn" option. The finishing touches was adding the manta-rays with a few stars here and there, as well as a fading moon with bubbles and electricity on the "Color Burn" option. I also added some other texture variation into the sky just to give it more depth.
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My next project is going to include tree jungle lamps with fireflies and an alligator in a swampy area. I thought of this idea because me and my family always went to Florida where we encountered many bogs and swamps along the way including a few alligators while we were in a boat.
For the start of this project I decided to find a brush from brusheezy that represented a swamp. I then got rid of some of the wild life with the rasterized layer. Next I used tree brushes as way to help save time and put it in the background. next I made some swamp brushes with bamboo and filled some of the shcrubs with that. Last I added a crocodile, smoke/fog, fireflies, as well some forest lamps hanging off of the branches. I used a few flames to put in the lanterns. I used "difference" for the lamps and "multiply" for the alligator.
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For my final piece it is going to feature 2 buildings in the background on the lake with mountains and forest land and a unicorn. I thought of this from one of my most favorite book series Harry Potter. instead of using a castle I used a modern day skyscraper instead. This one took me the longest because, I made every brush including the buildings by scratch besides the trees.
First I created a brush landscape using a forest background. I then went ahead and made a blue layer and background shading just to make it more like a forest I then added trees, stars, fireflies, and a moon with multiple ellipses... I added fog over all of these things which which helped it have more depth. I decided that there were too many fireflies so I got rid of most of them. Later I made a unicorn brush and put placed it in my landscape. I then added mountains, and created my own buildings using a "Rectangle Marquee Tool"... Although I did decide to get rid of a the 3rd building.I lowered the opacity of a few of the objects so the viewers perspective is skewed. for the fireflies I used "Lighter Colors" option.
